Staff, teachers, and teachers as a percentage of staff in public elementary and secondary school systems, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2015

[In full-time equivalents]

State or jurisdiction

Teachers as a percent of staff

Fall 2013

Fall 2014

Fall 2015

Fall 2000

Fall 2005

Fall 2009

Fall 2010

Fall 2011

Fall 2012

All staff

Teachers

Teachers as a percent of staff

All staff

Teachers

Teachers as a percent of staff

All staff

Teachers

Teachers as a percent of staff

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

United States1

51.5

51.3

50.5

50.0

50.6

50.3

6,187,901

3,113,764

50.3

6,258,543

3,132,351

50.0

6,382,816

3,151,497

49.4

Alabama

53.7

2

55.7

50.5

51.9

51.7

53.8

2

91,753

47,162

51.4

87,454

42,737

48.9

71,628

2

40,766

56.9

2

Alaska

49.3

2

44.1

2

45.6

2

45.1

2

45.6

2

44.9

2

17,127

2

7,898

46.1

2

17,088

2

7,759

45.4

2

16,982

7,832

46.1

Arizona

49.3

51.3

51.8

51.8

51.5

47.3

103,343

48,359

46.8

102,383

48,124

47.0

103,175

47,944

46.5

Arkansas

50.6

46.7

50.1

47.5

46.8

47.9

70,387

34,933

49.6

74,107

35,430

47.8

73,658

35,804

48.6

California

54.1

2

53.4

2

51.9

2

49.2

2

49.1

2

48.9

2

541,762

2

259,506

2

47.9

2

571,389

2

267,685

2

46.8

2

577,836

263,475

45.6

Colorado

50.7

49.2

47.5

47.9

47.9

47.7

104,025

50,157

48.2

108,671

51,388

47.3

111,939

51,798

46.3

Connecticut

50.0

46.9

46.9

46.1

47.1

48.1

94,208

43,443

46.1

94,058

42,062

44.7

98,166

43,772

44.6

Delaware

59.2

51.7

50.9

54.2

55.6

52.7

18,253

9,388

51.4

18,553

9,649

52.0

17,097

8,962

52.4

District of Columbia

46.2

44.3

2

50.1

52.1

54.4

47.5

11,403

5,991

52.5

13,617

6,565

48.2

14,106

6,789

48.1

Florida

47.8

50.6

54.8

52.7

53.2

52.7

335,081

177,853

53.1

341,440

180,442

52.8

345,645

182,586

52.8

Georgia

49.2

49.6

49.4

49.5

49.6

49.6

218,097

109,441

50.2

221,926

111,470

50.2

224,488

113,031

50.4

Hawaii

59.5

53.3

52.9

52.5

51.9

52.2

22,438

11,781

52.5

22,424

11,663

52.0

22,596

11,747

52.0

Idaho

56.2

55.8

54.9

56.4

57.0

55.3

2

23,803

2

15,002

63.0

2

27,451

15,609

56.9

27,186

15,656

57.6

Illinois

51.1

2

53.2

2

62.4

2

61.6

2

61.7

2

51.5

2

266,645

2

136,355

2

51.1

2

261,922

132,456

50.6

260,463

129,948

49.9

Indiana

46.7

45.5

43.6

41.9

2

41.5

40.5

144,412

59,823

41.4

139,587

56,547

40.5

152,826

57,675

37.7

Iowa

51.1

50.9

49.4

49.8

49.6

49.3

71,551

35,397

49.5

72,129

35,684

49.5

72,887

35,687

49.0

Kansas

50.9

51.3

51.4

51.1

53.0

56.5

72,016

38,153

53.0

71,175

37,659

52.9

73,272

40,035

54.6

Kentucky

44.1

43.3

42.3

42.4

45.4

43.1

97,808

41,820

42.8

97,269

41,586

42.8

97,712

41,902

42.9

Louisiana

49.3

48.2

48.3

48.2

48.2

48.6

95,687

46,437

48.5

85,371

46,340

54.3

107,600

58,469

54.3

Maine

49.7

47.3

43.8

47.3

37.3

2

46.3

34,249

15,452

45.1

32,225

14,937

46.4

35,241

14,857

42.2

Maryland

54.3

51.0

50.7

50.6

50.8

51.0

115,066

58,611

50.9

117,238

59,194

50.5

115,517

59,414

51.4

Massachusetts

55.1

53.0

2

56.8

56.3

56.4

56.4

126,962

70,490

55.5

128,723

71,859

55.8

128,291

71,969

56.1

Michigan

46.1

47.9

2

45.3

45.8

46.2

46.3

184,175

85,786

46.6

183,722

85,038

46.3

181,468

84,181

46.4

Minnesota

51.6

2

48.9

48.4

48.3

48.4

48.2

112,735

54,413

48.3

115,999

55,690

48.0

117,236

55,985

47.8

Mississippi

47.9

46.5

46.8

47.5

47.2

47.8

68,252

32,292

47.3

68,000

32,311

47.5

67,757

32,175

47.5

Missouri

53.2

52.1

51.3

52.0

50.1

52.2

123,505

66,651

54.0

127,062

67,356

53.0

128,938

67,635

52.5

Montana

53.5

2

52.9

2

54.1

2

53.8

2

54.0

2

54.0

2

20,885

2

10,310

49.4

2

20,456

2

10,234

50.0

2

21,330

10,412

48.8

Nebraska

52.6

51.9

48.6

49.1

49.0

48.7

45,907

22,401

48.8

46,931

22,988

49.0

47,292

23,308

49.3

Nevada

58.6

67.2

2

65.5

2

65.4

2

65.0

2

63.3

2

34,003

2

21,921

64.5

2

33,749

2

21,656

64.2

2

26,430

22,702

85.9

New Hampshire

51.1

48.5

47.1

46.6

47.1

47.0

31,832

14,826

46.6

31,851

14,773

46.4

31,980

14,770

46.2

New Jersey

53.4

53.2

2

53.9

2

54.4

2

54.1

2

49.7

2

231,012

2

114,581

49.6

2

235,231

2

115,067

48.9

2

236,558

114,968

48.6

New Mexico

46.8

45.9

47.8

48.2

47.8

48.0

46,380

22,239

47.9

46,921

22,411

47.8

37,573

21,722

57.8

New York

49.7

58.6

50.9

51.1

51.5

55.9

359,255

206,693

57.5

356,055

203,781

57.2

372,692

206,086

55.3

North Carolina

51.5

52.5

52.4

2

51.0

51.6

51.4

192,336

99,327

51.6

191,323

99,320

51.9

190,855

99,355

52.1

North Dakota

53.9

52.9

52.3

51.8

52.0

51.9

17,036

8,805

51.7

17,599

9,049

51.4

17,983

9,195

51.1

Ohio

53.1

49.4

45.6

45.3

44.3

43.7

248,469

106,010

42.7

250,106

2

106,526

2

42.6

2

322,611

101,742

31.5

Oklahoma

55.0

51.1

50.3

50.2

50.0

49.5

85,152

41,983

49.3

85,835

42,073

49.0

85,915

42,452

49.4

Oregon

50.0

47.0

45.7

44.2

44.1

44.2

59,768

26,733

44.7

62,956

27,850

44.2

65,928

29,086

44.1

Pennsylvania

52.2

50.9

51.6

48.7

49.0

48.8

243,021

2

121,330

49.9

2

243,290

122,030

50.2

241,548

120,893

50.0

Rhode Island

60.0

58.4

2

60.4

60.2

60.9

58.3

17,312

9,824

56.7

15,716

9,471

60.3

19,483

10,631

54.6

South Carolina

65.7

2

70.9

2

69.7

69.0

67.5

66.3

72,401

48,151

66.5

75,718

49,475

65.3

78,108

50,237

64.3

South Dakota

52.0

48.0

50.1

48.7

48.5

48.8

19,205

9,510

49.5

19,326

9,618

49.8

19,543

9,638

49.3

Tennessee

52.1

52.2

51.2

51.9

51.9

52.0

125,506

65,847

52.5

127,043

65,341

51.4

128,469

66,488

51.8

Texas

50.6

50.5

50.3

50.3

50.7

50.8

658,340

334,580

50.8

675,112

342,257

50.7

690,077

347,329

50.3

Utah

54.1

50.2

49.4

49.1

49.9

49.5

54,945

27,247

49.6

55,355

2

27,374

2

49.5

2

56,146

2

28,348

2

50.5

2

Vermont

47.3

46.5

45.2

45.3

45.5

45.6

18,300

8,375

45.8

18,130

8,276

45.6

18,183

8,338

45.9

Virginia

54.1

2

44.4

34.8

35.3

50.4

50.4

178,202

90,098

50.6

177,733

89,968

50.6

178,551

90,255

50.5

Washington

52.3

47.0

51.4

52.0

52.1

52.4

105,365

54,867

52.1

111,696

59,555

53.3

94,883

2

57,942

61.1

2

West Virginia

54.3

52.3

51.8

2

51.8

2

51.4

2

51.2

2

39,121

2

19,978

51.1

2

39,272

2

20,029

51.0

2

38,452

19,664

51.1

Wisconsin

56.3

57.0

55.5

55.5

55.4

56.6

102,476

57,980

56.6

103,208

2

58,376

2

56.6

2

101,250

58,185

57.5

Wyoming

48.6

46.2

43.5

43.4

45.8

44.3

16,931

7,555

44.6

16,946

7,615

44.9

17,269

7,653

44.3

Bureau of Indian

Education

—

—

—

—

—

42.9

3

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

DoD, overseas

66.0

62.9

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

DoD, domestic

59.2

55.4

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Other jurisdictions

American Samoa

50.0

68.4

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Guam

51.5

52.2

—

54.5

58.4

58.4

3,923

2,291

58.4

3,938

2,286

58.0

4,019

2,336

58.1

Northern Marianas

50.2

49.8

47.8

50.0

47.6

45.9

876

417

47.6

—

—

—

—

—

—

Puerto Rico

54.4

56.0

61.9

61.6

59.3

57.0

54,430

33,412

61.4

50,099

31,186

62.2

48,820

30,438

62.3

U.S. Virgin Islands

52.1

53.8

49.9

49.9

50.9

51.1

2,170

1,082

49.9

2,212

1,131

51.1

2,284

1,106

48.4

—Not available.

1 U.S. totals include imputations for underreporting and nonreporting states.

2 Includes imputations to correct for underreporting.

3 Total staff count excludes officials and administrators and administrative support staff, so computed percentage of teachers may be overstated.

NOTE: DoD = Department of Defense.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2000-01 through 2015-16. (This table was prepared January 2018.)